Yes, we’re getting out and hiking and rambling, but always just the two of us, with our masks and our sanitizer. And we stay within a near radius.
Twilight in South Burnaby
Chasing the twilight at Fraser Foreshore Park and Taylor Park in south Burnaby, BC.
Unpacking Folk Songs?
Superb Birding Day at Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby
Several hours spent wandering Fraser Foreshore Park in south Burnaby, BC, resulted in lots of birds seen!
Bald Eagles
Screaming Red-Tailed Hawk
Ring-Necked Duck
Great Blue Heron
Gadwall
Wood Duck
White-Crowned Sparrow
Steller’s Jay
Spotted Towhee
Starling
Golden-Crowned Sparrow
Brooding Bridge, Birds, Berries in SE Burnaby, BC
I walked from Edmonds Skytrain Station in SE #Burnaby to 22nd St. Station and back after lunch. It was quiet, only a couple of Anna’s Hummingbirds (one at our feeder and one on the trail), a few robins, and assorted sparrows in Taylor Park.
There were some lovely colors to be found in berries and leaves along the way. . .
The Alex Fraser Bridge as seen from the urban trail. Deliberately underexposed to enhance the brooding appearance.
Lots of Mergansers in the Hood
On our ramble to and around Central Park in #Burnaby today, we saw lots of Hooded Mergansers in a pond.
Feeling Squirrelly in Central Park, Burnaby
According to Google Maps, it was about an 11 km ramble.
Finches, Blackbirds ‘n More in South Surrey
Finches, Red-Winged Blackbirds, Golden-Crowned Sparrow, Spotted Towhee, Junco. . . Historic Stewart Farm, South Surrey, BC.
Hawk Watching Sunset at Fraser Foreshore Park
There was a lovely sunset late this afternoon at Fraser Foreshore Park in SE #Burnaby, BC, and this hawk seemed to be enjoying it, too. . .
Salmonella Killing Pine Siskins – Please Remove Feeders
Yumi found this dead Pine Siskin yesterday. She picked it up using a plastic bag, and buried it.
She found it near the Green townhouse complex on Southridge Dr. in SE Burnaby, not far from Taylor Park Elementary School.
It exhibited the symptoms of salmonellosis — emaciated, discharge at mouth, etc. Do not touch birds with bare hands, this can spread to other species.